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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460432303321

Autore

Taillant Jorge Daniel <1968->

Titolo

Glaciers : the politics of ice / / Jorge Daniel Taillant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-756292-2

0-19-936727-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

551.31/2

Soggetti

Glaciers

Glacial erosion

Glaciers - Environmental aspects

Glaciers - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2015.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Glaciers are one of the worlds most important natural resources, and yet they are largely unprotected by environmental policy. This book is a scientific, cultural, and political examination of the worlds ice, showing all the ways in which glaciers are critical to our global ecosystem and making suggestions for protecting them better in the future.